Alumni News
2008
- Justin Browning, BS in Health Education Secondary ’08, is
teaching health in Scott Middle School in Hammond, Indiana.
- Gary Caudill, BS in Public Health ’08, has a position as an
Environmental Health Specialist for the Marion County Health Department.
- Brittany Day, BS in HDFS ’08, is pursuing a Masters in
Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and
working as the head teacher for 3 year olds in a day care center.
- Brian Hagan, BS in Health Education Secondary ’04, received
Special Education Certification and is completing an M.S. Elem Ed as
well as getting a license in Administration at IUN.
- Andrew Kanu, MPH ’93,HSD ’97, is the Interim Dean for the
School of Liberal Arts Education at Virginia State University. Dr. Kanu
spent 7 years as Chair of the HPERD Dept. (which is housed in the School
of Liberal Arts Education) and is a full professor at VSU.
- Erin Koers , BS in Public Health ’03, is completing a PhD in
Epidemiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health in
Houston. She has been accepted to the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence
Service (EIS) Program, starting in July of next year. Erin writes, “This
has been my dream job since discovering public health and epidemiology
my sophomore year at IU. I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has
supported me throughout my public health studies- for helping me to
discover and achieve a career I am so passionate about.”
- Allison Loper, BS in HDFS ’08, is a Wish Program Associate at
the The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Indiana.
- Matt Swarm, BS in Nutrition Science ’07, is in medical school
at the IU Med Center in Terre Haute. He is the school’s first IUSM
Student Wellness Initiative Coordinator. This program is intended to
keep medical school students healthy by reminding them that they must
take care of their bodies and minds during school, despite the hectic
schedule and stress levels. He is also the class representative for the
Terre Haute Center med school.
- Donald Wagner, HSD ’77, has just accepted the position of
Dean of the College of Education at the University of Memphis.
- Paul Watkins, BS in HDFS ’05, finished a 2 year term in the
Peace Corps in Guyana, South America in April of ’08. He writes, “It was
most certainly a life changing experience and I have been able to gain
experience in more ways than I could ever imagine.” Currently, Paul is a
Community Support Worker at the Hopewell Center in St. Louis.
- Sally Kirtley went to Costa Rica through Cross- Cultural
Solutions International Volunteer Organization and worked at Hogar de
Ancianos, a nursing home for abandoned elderly.
- Thomas Feldman, who earned his Master of Public Health from
IU in 1995, received 2008 John R. Endwright Alumni Service Award. Since
2003, Thomas Feldman has served as Service Line Director, Physician
Service at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois (MMCI) in Peoria, Ill.
His responsibilities have included but have not been limited to
physician contracting, development and maintenance of compensation
plans. His position, which reports directly to the CEO of MMCI, is
accountable for an annual operating budget of over $60 million and
approximately 400 full-time equivalents. MMCI is a multi-specialty
hospital-owned provider group working from 30 locations in Central
Illinois.
- Roberta Ogletree received the school's 2008 W. W. Patty
Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Ogletree, who earned her H.S.D. from IU
in 1991, presently serves as professor in the Department of Health
Education and Recreation at Southern Illinois University, where she also
serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Women's Studies Program. She
has been on the faculty at SIU since 1991. Her teaching and research
interests include Women's Health, Human Sexuality Education and
professional preparation. She is the author or co-author of dozens of
articles and publications and has co-written two textbooks on health
education skills and competencies and sexuality education curricula.
- Russell Sinn received 2007 John R. Endwright Alumni Service
Award. He serves as Vice President of Southeast Anesthesiologists, Inc.,
and has maintained his own private practice in anesthesiology in
Indianapolis since 1987. He is a former Vice President/President of the
Department of Anesthesia at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis and
served as a Medical Advisor to the Indiana Society of respiratory
therapists. Since 1989 he has been board certified through the American
Board of Anesthesiology. His general and regional techniques involve
general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, orthopedics, neurosurgery,
cardio-thoracic, and vascular. In 2003-2004, he was privileged to serve
as a member of medical missions to Manna Mission Hospital in Ghana. Sinn
earned his bachelor's degree from the Department of Health and Safety in
1977.
- Thomas Davis, who earned his M.S. from our Department in 1970 and H.S.D. in 1976, received the school's 2007 W. W. Patty Distinguished
Alumni Award. Dr. Davis is professor and Chair of the Division of Health
Promotion and Education at the University of Northern Iowa. His research
in health interests and behaviors of college students and worksite
health promotion in small municipalities has been widely published. He
has supervised 17 externally funded grants, including 16 as primary
investigator. Professionally, he serves as the Director of Education for
Cedar Valley Hospice and as a consultation and education specialist for
a federally funded community mental health center in Yakima, Washington.
He also actively serves his community through his participation in the
YMCA.
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